Local conditions cited as key in evolving school desegregation
The Supreme Court ruled public school segregation must end promptly but allow lower courts to weigh local conditions. Governors and officials from Georgia Alabama Florida Virginia Arkansas Mississippi Kentucky Louisiana Maryland respond with cautious or defiant positions as integration moves unfold nationwide.
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Atlanta
U.S. Supreme Court
Georgia
Ruby Hurley
Birmingham
Ala
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Sen
Albert Boutwell
Alabama
Supreme Court
Virginia
NAACP
Tennessee
Leslie D. Carr
Chattanooga
Florida
Fiveman
Senate
Leroy Collins
Collins
Francisco A. Rodriguez
James E. Folsom
Alabama General Assembly
Marvin Griffin
South
Arkansas
High Court
Louisiana
Mississippi
Tom Tubb
Kentucky
Maryland
Thomas G. Pullen
New Postal Pay Bill Heads for Senate
A new postal pay bill moves toward Senate passage aiming to satisfy President Eisenhower by reducing overall increases from the vetoed bill. The measure, backed by Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee members, seeks average raises around 8 percent for roughly 500,000 postal workers with at least 6 percent for all and higher boosts for upper brackets. Senator Carlson notes the proposal addresses Eisenhower objections to the earlier plan.
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Eisenhower
Senate
Hae Olle Kohnston
Senate Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Carlson
Sen
Grain Bin Loss Tipped
Des Moines registers a Washington dispatch reports a multi million dollar loss in grain bin construction uncovered by the Department of Agriculture. A House committee completed a secret report on lax inspection of bins storing corn and other grains. Senate investigations also probe thousands of defective grain bins and CCC grain misuses.
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Des Moines
The
Des Moines Register
Washington
Department of Agriculture
Register
Senate Permanent Investigations
Commodity Credit Corp
House Committee
Store Receiving Clerk Fatally Crushed by Elevator Incident
Billy Solly, 15, a store receiving clerk in Lufkin Texas, was killed when his head was crushed against a wall as an elevator ascended. Officials say he appears to have pulled himself onto the elevator’s back wall and looked down the shaft before the accident occurred.
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Lufkin
Tex
Billy Solly
Solly
Khrushchev Reasserts Strength in Yugoslavia Visit
Khrushchev declares himself a strong man during a factory tour in Ljubljana. He leads the Soviet delegation seeking better ties with Tito's government and playfully commands Premier Bulganin to sign the guest book after quickly signing his own.
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Ljubljana
Yugoslavia
Nikita S. Khruschev
Soviet Communist Party
Khruschev
Tito
Workers’ Committee
Nikolai Ivanovich
Bulganin
Memorial Day Weekend Sets Traffic and Fatality Records
The Memorial Day weekend toll rose to 596 fatalities, with 369 traffic deaths, 131 drownings, and 96 in miscellaneous accidents. The traffic death total surpassed the 363 record set in 1952, marking a new overall high after last year’s 362, 93, 84 figures.
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Associated Press
Ohio Narcotics Bill Up for House Vote
The Ohio House prepares to vote on a Senate approved narcotics bill aimed at stopping illegal trafficking especially to minors. The measure, born from a $55 000 study, imposes penalties up to 30 years in prison and fines up to 10000 with House amendments sent back to the Senate for agreement.
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Frank J. Lausche
House
Senate
Lausche
Columbus
Ohio
Peace Talks Near Ford UAW Endgame Amid Auto Strike Threat
Ford and CIO United Auto Workers faced a final midmorning bargaining session with a potential midnight strike looming at River Rouge. A mass meeting of Local 600 could delay second shift, as both sides weigh a union backed stock buy plan and worker loans, with GM talks idling in parallel and a moratorium affecting public updates.
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Ford
CIO
United Auto
River Rouge
Coot 600
UAW
General Motors Corp
G"m
Aeey
Washington
CIO International Union of Electrical Workers
General Motors
Auto Workers
Ord
Walter P. Reuther
Detroit
Aetus
Reuther
Evacuation Run Planned at Pentagon Test Site
The Pentagon will test how long it takes to evac 29,000 workers in a simulated enemy air attack. The June 15 operation involves 15,000 federal staffers to deploy to secret sites, while Pentagon personnel remain in the two large lots flanking the building with buses and drivers ready to move evacuees.
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Washington
Pentagon
Eisenhower
Coal Pipeline Planned From Ohio Mine to Cleveland Plant
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co and Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co announce a 15 year contract to deliver about 18 million tons of coal via a 108 mile pipeline from Georgetown properties to Eastlake plant. George H Love predicts construction will begin soon with costs between 8 and 10 million dollars.
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Pittsburgh
Ohio
Cleveland
Pittsburgh Consolidation Coal Co
Cleveland Electric Illuminating Co
Georgetown
Eastlake
George H. Love
Pittsburgh Consolidation
Charges To Be Filed In Ohio Abduction Case
Musk ingum County Sheriff says conspirac y-to-abduct charges will be filed in the disappearance of two children Tommy Campbell age 2 and Ricky age 9 months. Authorities have found no trace of the boys or of the gunman who abducted them after parh et ge ers sought the parents Thomas Campbell 2 and Nancy Campbell.
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Zanesville
Muskingum County
David Weissert
Tommy Campbell
Ricky
Pa Het Geers
Thomas Campbell
Nancy
Wanted Baby Furniture Ad in Athens Acknowledged Cancel
Mrs Bert Barnes of 73 Stewart Street Athens requests ad cancellation after selling four baby items including a buggy bed stroller and play pen. Classified readers still seek baby furniture through Haywood Wakefield listings via Mes senger dialing 31242.
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Bert Barnes
Stewart Street
Athens
Haywood - Wakefield
Stewart & Dial
Happy Fliers Reunite In Hawaii After Two Years
Four U S fighter pilots freed from Chinese captivity land in Hawaii to a reunion with relatives after more than two years as they recover from their Korean War ordeal. The group, freed near Hong Kong on Tuesday, will undergo medical checks and visit for about five days before return to the mainland.
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Hong Kong
Lyle Cameron
Lincoln
Neb
Roland W. Parks
Omaha
Harold Fischer
Swea City
Iowa
Edwin L. Heller
Wynnewood, Pa
Honolula
U S
Hawaii
China
Air Force
Miers
MacArthur
Bataan
Bataants
Dayton Gunman Kills Three Banks Guarded by Police
Richard Meyers, a 47 year old self described religious fanatic, shot and killed three people and wounded several others in two downtown Dayton banks. He died later from his wounds after police subdued him in a hail of gunfire. Victims include George Sawaya Freda Cramer J Gavin and R H Kastner.
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Dayton
Banks
Richard Meyers
Dayton Banks
Third National Bank
Winters Bank
Myers
George Sawaya
Freda’ Cramer
J Gavin
WHIO
University of Dayton
Miami Valley Hospital
William L. Clark
John Thein
Meyers
No Ouster For Haymes Ruling Ties Hawaii Trip to Citizenship Claim
District Judge Burnite upholds Haymes appeal, ruling the Argentinian singer did not abandon U.S. residence during a Hawaii trip in spring 1953. The decision rejects immigration service contention that his time abroad made him deportable, noting Hawaii is a geographical part of the United States.
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Hawaii
Dist
Jn Burnite
Matthews
Immigration Service
Haymes
United States
Youngstown Slayer Returned for Trial
Francs Leo Horr, charged with first degree murder in a deer rifle slaying, was brought from Seattle to Youngstown to stand trial. Police say Horr dropped a deer rifle inside a tavern last May 1, firing into Rose Mary Davis Hunter 28, killing her. He was arrested May 17 in Seattle.
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Youngstown
Francis Leo Horr
Seattle
Wash
Horr
Rosemary Davis Hunter
Train Hit Oil Truck Sparks Fatal Explosion
A fast freight train struck an oil transport truck at a crossing in Livermore Kentucky on Tuesday causing a fireball. The truck driver fled the burning scene but died shortly after from injuries.
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Livermore
Informative Polio Report Aims To Answer Key Questions
The U S Public Health Service prepares a comprehensive polio vaccine report expected soon. Surgeon General Leonard Scheele says it will explain vaccine release reasons, testing changes, large scale manufacturing, new safeguards, and whether vaccination reduces polio risk for children. It seeks to ease parental concerns.
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New York
U. S. Public Health Service
Leonard Scheere
Regult
Eisenhower
Scheele
Four children die in Manchester house fire
Four Frederick children perished in an early morning blaze at their Manchester Ohio home seven miles south of Akron. Six year olds Judy and Joyce Frederick died of smoke, eight year old Dennis and eleven year old James perished in their upstairs bedroom. Four siblings escaped. Sue Ellen, nine, alerted their father who tried to fight the fire with a extinguisher after tearing away a burning drape. The cause remains undetermined.
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Akron
Manchester
Here
Judy
Joyce Frederick
Dennis Frederick
James
Frederick
Sue Ellen
Court Reviews Contempt Conviction In Ohio Case
Ohio Supreme Court agreed to review the contempt conviction of three Cincinnati men Joseph Stern Emmett C Brown and Talmadge Raley for refusing to answer questions about Communist activity at a 1952 Ohio Un American Activities Commission hearing.
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Columbus
Ohio Supreme Court
Cincinnati
Ohio Un-American Activities Commission
Joseph Stern
Emmett C. Brown
Talmadge Raley
Sidney
French Leave Control of Saigon to Viet Nam
The bulk of the French expeditionary corps pulled out of Saigon today leaving Indochina's largest city to Vietnamese forces for the first time in nearly a century. About 35,000 French troops moved southwest or north as Viet Namese troops assume control.
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Saigon
Viet Nam
Indochina
U S Pressing for Release of Americans Held by China
House Republican Leader and Senate Minority Leader welcomed the release of four U S airmen by the Chinese Communists and said the United States remains committed to freeing the remaining 11 airmen and 41 civilians on the list. They cautioned against predicting immediate outcomes and noted ongoing diplomatic contacts.
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Washington
House
Seaptin Mass
Eisenhower
Martin
Senate
Knowland
Calif
U. S
Mar ‘Tin
Conference Tueser
United States
Lanaton
Reds
Kansas City Store Sells Geiger Counters for Travel
A downtown Kansas City clothing shop has begun selling a novelty item for vacation travel the Geiger counter. The item blends travel gear with a science theme appealing to curious shoppers. It highlights safety awareness during trips and may attract collectors or science enthusiasts.
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Kansas City
Day Renews Efforts To Free 11 Americans Held Abroad
Day renews his push via diplomatic channels to secure the release of 11 American airmen still detained in Red Chinese prisons. A source says Chou planned to announce at the April Asian African conference that four prisoners would be released, but plans shifted after a chartered Indian plane carried detainees.
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Folda
U. S
Chou
Red China
Chicago mayoral race costs exceed 850000
In Chicago the two leading mayoral candidates estimate campaign spending over 850000. Mayor Richard J. Daley says his primary and general election costs were between 400000 and 600000, disputing a claim that the total exceeded a million. Daley defeated Republican challenger Robert Merriam by more than 100000.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
Robert E. Merriam
Daley
Labour Rift Threatens England's Export Drive
The Associated locomotive engineers' 70 000 members strike over a 1 12 weekly raise from 27 20. Rail managers offer 70 cents for main crews and 5 0 cents for others. Dock workers strike across six ports with 2 000 out, 120 ships idle. Emergency powers could deploy troops for trains and ration fuel. Parliament to convene June 9 as Eden seeks.
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Yen Old Dock
Associated
Theer
Nntion
Eden
House of Commons
Riots Rock Argentina in Nationwide Clashes
In Buenos Aires and four provinces clashes between police and Catholic supporters escalated Tuesday night. About 24 people injured as lay Catholics stage street processions backing the church amid a seven month dispute with President Peron’s government.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Juan D. Perona
Peron
Pereon
Rebel Attacks Kill Six in North Africa
Six people including a Moroccan city official were killed and ten wounded in rebel attacks in French North Africa. Three were kidnapped as violence continued. in one incident a Moroccan city council member was fatally shot by a revolver. The assailant fled.
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North Africa
Paris
Oeesh
Morocco
Asassin
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